2022 FA Community Shield

2022 FA Community Shield
The match programme cover
Liverpool Manchester City
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Date30 July 2022
VenueKing Power Stadium, Leicester
Man of the MatchDarwin Núñez (Liverpool)[1]
RefereeCraig Pawson (Sheffield & Hallamshire)[2]
Attendance28,545[3]
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The 2022 FA Community Shield was the 100th FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and the winners of the previous season's FA Cup. It was played on 30 July 2022, with Liverpool defeating Manchester City 3–1 for their 16th FA Community Shield title, the first in 16 years.[4]

Due to the hosting of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final, the match took place away from the usual Wembley Stadium for the first time in 10 years, and was instead played at Leicester City's King Power Stadium.[5] With the match played at the much-reduced capacity of Leicester City's stadium, there were 28,545 spectators, the lowest number for a Charity Shield or Community Shield game since 23,988 watched Burnley beat Manchester City 1–0 at Maine Road in 1973.[3]

The game was televised live in the United Kingdom on ITV.[6]

  1. ^ Hafez, Shamoon (30 July 2022). "Liverpool 3–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Craig Pawson to referee Liverpool v Manchester City in FA Community Shield". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference attendance2022FA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Nunez scores as Liverpool win Community Shield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Leicester set to host Community Shield with curtain-raiser to be moved from Wembley". talkSPORT. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ^ "BT Sport loses FA Cup rights to ITV from 2021". Sports Mole. Retrieved 16 May 2022.